Safety Reminders for the Holidays from Putnam Emergency Services

Eric Gross

It may be the most wonderful time of the year but the period before the Christmas-Chanukah holidays is also the most dangerous relating to fires.
Putnam Commissioner of Emergency Services Robert McMahon reported Sunday that each year before the merriment begins more than 100,000 house fires occur across the U.S. causing 950 deaths and $1.7 billion in property damage.

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